Just like Cassian Andor, Nenko Genov has been in this fight since he was six years old. It was around then that he was first exposed to the faraway galaxy of George Lucas via a bootleg VHS copy – an event which truly changed his life and set him on a course to become a storyteller.

Born in 1986 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Nenko’s formative years were marked by the country’s difficult transition from communism to democracy, and books, comics, movies and computer games provided him not only with much-needed escapism, but also with strong positive role models. Early on he decided that he would like nothing more than to tell his own stories, inspire others in return and pass on what he has learned.

Already a member of the Bulgarian Star Wars fan society of the 2000s, Nenko was 15 when his first article was published in Bulgarian magazine Fantasy Factor and he hasn’t stopped writing since then, contributing to various print and online media, focusing on Star Wars, cinema and comics. Pursuing his passion for literature and filmmaking he is a graduate of English Philology and holds an MA in Film Arts. During his university years, Nenko worked for a local TV station and also wrote and directed several award-winning short films.

Since 2011 he has been based in Poland, where he works as an educator. He is also a published writer and the author of the award-winning Bulgarian trilogy Farewell, Diary! (“Сбогом, дневнико!”) and the steampunk fantasy novel The Adventures of Captain Claude and the Sky Scoundrels (“Приключенията на капитан Клод и Небесните негодяи”). Nenko also runs a prominent Bulgarian book blog („Книжни Криле“), launched in 2016, currently the All times #1 Goodreads reviewer for Bulgaria. Nenko regularly takes part in workshops, conventions and panel discussions on literature, film, pop culture and the narrative art.

Working across Bulgarian, English and Polish, he has translated and edited a wide range of projects – from children’s literature to superheroes. Since 2022 Nenko has been translating all Bulgarian editions of Star Wars comics, manga, guides and picture books, while also consulting on Star Wars novel translations and publishing plans. In collaboration with local publishers and with the official approval of Lucasfilm and Marvel, Nenko writes the forewords for the Bulgarian editions of the Star Wars comics.

Today, much to his wife’s horror, Nenko’s comics and book collection has spread all over the house and the family’s attic has been transformed into a Star Wars library that contains almost every title published since 1977.